Former McCook Mayor and Cook County Commissioner Jeffery Tobolski has died. His attorney confirmed that the 61-year-old ...

Cook County's top judge has signed an order barring ICE from arresting people at court. Detaining residents outside court has been a common tactic for federal agents, who have been stationed outside ...

In the end, it was Timothy Evans’ peers who decided his time was up as chief judge in Cook County. In a surprise, Evans lost his bid for a ninth term in that role when fellow Cook County Circuit Court ...

Cook County judges elected Charles "Charlie" Beach as chief judge, ending Timothy Evans’ 24-year tenure. Beach, a circuit judge since 2017 and former defense attorney, will oversee the criminal courts ...

Presiding from the bench in his courtroom at the Daley Center, Judge Charles Beach on Thursday heard a series of mostly routine matters as part of his normal court call, but the exchanges were ...

The Democratic mayor and Cook County Board member had admitted to accepting more than $250,000 in bribes or extortion ...